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steelwheelAcjim 
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Posted: 20 Feb 2017 at 10:51am |
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Does anyone know what the ratio is in regards to mileage on a vehicle and hours? I am looking at a commercial truck that is for sale. The speedometer is broke, but the hour meter works just fine.
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7060
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Posted: 20 Feb 2017 at 11:13am |
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On our trucks you can figure about 25-30 miles for every hour. It just depends how many idle hours it had though. On a day cab I would guess that number would be higher.
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Gary in da UP
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Posted: 20 Feb 2017 at 11:14am |
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Just a wild guess , but figure 50 miles per clock hour, and compare the total miles to the condition of the truck....lots of variables involved.
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jaybmiller
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Posted: 20 Feb 2017 at 11:25am |
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Gary... that's a very wild guess....think about it...50 miles per hour ! Tain't no way that'd be true unless it was hauling stuff coast to coast on a highway....in city there's traffic lights, slow speed signs, winter starting(1/2-1 hr at idle), unloading(engine's running most times...) waits in traffic jams, cross boarder xings, etc.
Man a LOT of 'variables'....you'd HAVE to KNOW how it was used.. short haul/long haul/1 drop, 100 drops, sigh....I'm no trucker but I can see a lot of variables to consider....
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Greg (Hillsboro, OH)
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Posted: 20 Feb 2017 at 11:33am |
I drive 45 miles each way to work, through mainly rural areas. I have 4 traffic lights in the trip, and when i reset the data on the cars computer, most of the time it figures out an average speed of 39 mph. Most of my trip i drive at 55-60, so like mentioned above, the stops, starts, traffic, going through town, etc brings it down quite a bit. For a truck, i would imagine there is plenty of 'idling' time at stops, etc, so it would be fairly low avg miles per hour. Most fire trucks are very low miles, but HIGH hours. Quite common for them to drive 5-10 miles and then sit running for a couple hours at a fire scene.
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skateboarder68
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Posted: 20 Feb 2017 at 12:58pm |
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On a semi 35 miles per total engine hour is normal. If the truck ran 600 miles a day on the interstate it may be 45 miles per engine hour. If the truck had a wet kit it will be lower. I've talked to a couple truck gurus who 35-40 is normal.
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Posted: 20 Feb 2017 at 2:11pm |
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hmm, what we don't know is what the 'commercial truck' is and how it's been used. it'd haelp to know...
IE: nighbour delivers plant from greenhouse to homerdepot in a 'commercial truck'. it's left running during deliveries to keep rest of the crops cool ..some highway,most city(depot to depot).
nuther guy was an ice road trucker, brutal on semis....
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DougS
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Posted: 20 Feb 2017 at 2:22pm |
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Older truck? Newer trucks would have the miles stored in the computer if only the display was defective.
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David KY
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Posted: 20 Feb 2017 at 3:39pm |
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When I managed a large vehicle fleet , a Chrysler rep. said that they figured 33 miles per hour on the hour meter.
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7060
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Posted: 20 Feb 2017 at 6:01pm |
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Miles aren't really that important it's how it was treated. If it was a farm truck, O/O, or fleet truck. Fleets sometimes don't take as good of care of their trucks. Owner operators usually take more pride in their truck and keep it maintained. I have a million.2k truck that hasn't had any major engine work done and always got along fine with it until I replaced it with a newer one. How many hours are we talking? 10, 20, 30,000? If it was an over the road truck and it idled 8 hours per night if he slept with it running that racks up hours quicker than city driving.
Edited by 7060 - 20 Feb 2017 at 6:04pm
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Posted: 20 Feb 2017 at 6:34pm |
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My 2010 Doge which has an hour meter works out to 40 per hour.
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